Victim was left severely wounded as he sat in the driver's seat of a vehicle in Kobe City
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Suspect said, 'I don't know'
Suspect also robbed the victim of 800,000 yen in cash
Insider says, 'If [Kazuo] Taoka saw today's Yamaguchi-gumi, he would just call them a gang of criminals'
Makoto Itokazu, chairman of the Kyokuryu-kai, died on April 19 in a fire
Suspect told proprietor, 'I'll make it so you can't do business starting tomorrow'
Makoto Itokazu is the 70-something-year-old chairman of the Kyokuryu-kai syndicate
Blaze completely gutted the fourth floor of the reinforced concrete building
Altercation was triggered when suspect's acquaintance became embroiled in a billing dispute
Contraband was shipped via air cargo from the U.S. to Narita International Airport two years ago